2006 Ball State game: our most recent late non-conference game
I remember this game mostly for not being able to watch because we didn't have ESPNU on our Comcast package. Listened on the radio nearly shitting myself in fear that Ball State was gonna come back and tie the game at 34-34.
Brady Hoke was the Ball State coach.
This was the very last time Bo Schembechler was in Michigan Stadium.
It was also the last time we played a non-conference game outside of September.
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October 25th, 2019 at 6:36 PM ^
Oh my god! Who the hell are you?
October 25th, 2019 at 7:37 PM ^
The bots can post meaningful and appropriate gifs now? I’m impressed. You’d think generating a username would be the easy part, though.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^
Michigan needs to follow Alabama’s example and play a Ball State the week before OSU.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:30 PM ^
The B1G as a whole needs to go to a version of the SEC model--no conference games the weekend before Thanksgiving. It lets everyone schedule a de facto bye week late in the season.
October 25th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Honestly not sure why they switched to a 9 game schedule either. SEC plays 8 with 14 teams. Gives them an extra game against a garbage team while we’re playing an extra team from the west. We’ve seen before that the committee gives zero fucks about who you schedule and only cares about how many games you lose.
October 26th, 2019 at 12:34 AM ^
That's giving Bama too much credit. They schedule an FCS opponent before their rivalry game.
October 26th, 2019 at 1:38 AM ^
We did. It was this one. And it was nearly a trap game. With the countdown to armageddon happening in the corner of the screen the entire game.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
I remember the Wolverines playing EMU in October of 2007 and some 1AA team in October 2009.
October 25th, 2019 at 8:11 PM ^
Delaware State 2009 in October.
Edit: I should have looked below.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
Except Michigan played Delaware St on Oct 17 2009
October 25th, 2019 at 5:35 PM ^
Moms please delete
October 25th, 2019 at 8:14 PM ^
Gap in the superbook or whatever you call it?
October 25th, 2019 at 6:04 PM ^
What's a 2009? I don't recall football being played in "2009", if that year even exists.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:45 PM ^
Brady Hoke in a headset. Whaaaat!
October 25th, 2019 at 6:21 PM ^
AND some sort of outerwear!
The box score says the temperature was in the low 40s. What a wimp! 14 degrees is still no-outerwear weather! (at least it was against Iowa that one year)
October 25th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
His excuse of not wearing one here so he could just focus on talking to the players was so damn ridiculous.
October 25th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
Fairly sure the last time Bo was in the stadium was a couple days later to film his segment for that HBO film on UM-OSU.
Or I might have it wrong. Can’t remember, but something is sticking in my head that he watched the Ball State game at home. One of his sons talked about it in his eulogy? Either way, almost certain the last time he was there was with HBO.
October 25th, 2019 at 7:38 PM ^
I will always believe that Lloyd kept the score close to give his "coaching tree" a little assist.
14 percent serious.
October 25th, 2019 at 8:28 PM ^
I was part of the student section yelling and screaming to keep them out of the end zone. Good times.